Not to resurrect an already once-resurrected thread, but the clear/clearwire issue only came on my radar recently. i'm wondering why clear would campaign so forcefully in an area where their main competitor is comcast, if they are both indeed the same company. (we have comcast at my house, and it's utterly crappy at best, and meanwhile there's a Clear sandwich board ad thingy sitting in the parking lot next door.)<br>
<br>is it just the "Xe" or "AIU" tactic? that is, everyone knows your brand sucks/is evil, for example, Blackwater, AIG, or Comcast, so you change the name to, for example, "Xe", "AIU" or "Clear"?<br>
<br>matt<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Brian Pitts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@polibyte.com">brian@polibyte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 07/27/2009 01:02 PM, Sean McNealy wrote:
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<pre>Some confusion there, on my part, possibly on others. The original post
references 'clear wimax' which is <a href="http://www.clear.com" target="_blank">www.clear.com</a>, whereas
<a href="http://clearwiresucks.com" target="_blank">clearwiresucks.com</a> is in reference to <a href="http://www.clearwire.com" target="_blank">www.clearwire.com</a>.
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<pre>I was under the impression that Clear and Clearwire were both brands
run by Comcast. Anyone want to backup or contradict my memory?
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Clear is a brand name used by the company Clearwire. According to
wikipedia<br>
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"On May 7, 2008, Clearwire and Sprint Nextel's wireless broadband unit
Xohm announced their intent to merge, combining Sprint's 4G WiMax
network (Xohm) with Clearwire's existing pre-Wimax broadband network.
Sprint will own 51% of the firm, with ex-Clearwire shareholders owning
27% - a consortium of Comcast, Time Warner, Intel, Google, and Bright
House will invest $3.2 billion and own the balance. Clearwire and the
cable companies will buy 3G mobile broadband from Sprint as MVNOs"<div class="im"><br>
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All the best,
Brian Pitts
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